# AfriForum calls on acting national police commissioner Puleng Dimpane to urgently intervene in ongoing violence between suspected illegal-mining groups in Schoemanskloof, Mpumalanga. Six suspected illegal miners were shot dead in August, while further gunfire was reported in the area last week. AfriForum’s Jacques Broodryk urges police to investigate the wider criminal networks behind illegal […]
# The High Court in Johannesburg has found a dispute of facts in ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula’s defamation case against ANC National Executive Committee member Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. She has accused Mbalula of vote-buying during the party’s 2022 Nasrec conference. Acting Judge Henno Viljoen has ordered oral hearings, saying the dispute cannot be resolved through written […]
# The City of Ekurhuleni mayoral committee member for Finance and Strategy, Jongizizwe Dlabathi, says the tabled 70.9-billion-rand budget for the 2026/27 financial year, will strengthen and rebuild municipal capacity. Dlabathi says the metro is addressing revenue collection shortfalls and liquidity pressures. He says the city has also reduced its borrowing requirements, while focusing on […]
# Die verhoor van die beskuldigdes in die moorde op die kletsrymer Kiernan “AKA” Forbes en Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane begin vandag in die Hooggeregshof in Durban. Sewe beskuldigdes staan tereg op aanklagte insluitend sameswering om moord te pleeg, moord, poging tot moord en vuurwapenoortredings. Die broers Siyabonga en Malusi Ndimande, wat in November verlede jaar […]
# The DA in Gauteng says, while emerging farmers struggle for support, government has spent 45-million-rand on Tarlton Agripark which serves just 11 enterprises over four-million-rand per enterprise. The party’s Bronwynn Engelbrecht says farmer Sakhile Jele waited more than a year for a funding decision, facing changing requirements and red tape. She says they will […]
# The trial of the accused in the murders of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane starts in the High Court in Durban today. Seven accused face charges including conspiracy to commit murder, murder, attempted murder and firearm offences. Among them are brothers Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande, extradited from Eswatini in November last […]
# Women in Vusimuzi informal settlement in Thembisa, Gauteng says they live in fear and want the area declared a danger-zone following the discovery of 12 women’s bodies across Ekurhuleni in the past two months. Residents say criminals operate with little police visibility, with reports of robberies and night-time home invasions. The latest body was […]
# A kidnapped man has been rescued unharmed, and five suspects arrested after an intelligence-driven operation linked to a case at Johannesburg Central SAPS. The un-named was allegedly kidnapped on 30 August in Johannesburg CBD, with a 32-million-rand ransom demanded. Police spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi says team of Central detectives, Crime Intelligence, Anti-Kidnapping unit, Flying Squad […]
# Die DA in Tshwane eis ‘n onmiddellike veiligheidsbeoordeling van die Wonderboom-lughawe nadat sekerheidskontrakte op 30 September verstryk het. Die lughawe ondersteun meer as twee-duisend-500 mense, huisves talle lugvaartondernemings en hanteer jaarliks meer as 148-duisend vliegtuigbewegings. Die DA-lid, Dana Wannenburg, sê Tshwane het die kontrakte laat verval terwyl een van sy belangrikste en waardevolste bates […]
